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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

'An Inopportune Defect' by Suzanne Comer

“Ahh...hush
now...Mama’s here...I know your hungry and wet.” I coo. “No need to get so upset...my little
man.” I whisper, as I carefully scoop him up and move him to his changing
table.

I
feel a bit uneasy because tending to a newborn at two o'clock in the morning is
a brand- new experience and it's our first night home together. In awe, I watch as his lower lip turns blue
and quivers just before he lets out another tearless squall. But I feel tears
well up, I'm about to cry too!
Initially, I'm a bit concerned by my lack of control over my
emotions. Then I realize I'm
experiencing what that undeniable emotional bond between mother and child feels
like. A phenomenon I’ve heard other mothers try to explain.

I
unsnap his tiny blue terry-cloth sleeper, and arrange a fresh pamper under him
before removing the wet one: just like the nurse at the hospital taught
me. Oh no, I notice something is amiss. I yell at my husband for help.

“Larry...Larry...come
here...hurry...I don’t know what to do!
He is asleep on a blow-up mattress in our otherwise empty bedroom. I hear the covers move and then footsteps.

Larry
is an Army intelligence officer and is scheduled to be deployed to some
undisclosed destination within a week.
While I was in the hospital giving birth to our first child, the movers packed
all our belongings and placed them in storage. except for a few necessities I
insisted I needed during our move…including the box of pampers I just
opened.

I
take a closer look at the defective diaper when suddenly a tiny golden fountain
of pee squirts me square in my face.

“Whoa...good
aim...that’s my boy!” Larry crows.

I
swat his arm in fake exasperation and say, “This is no time for your mister
macho attitude...seriously...what are we going to do? No stores are open
now…without drivin' to Timbuktu and back." I advise.

“Well
Babe, the movers probably took everything...but let me check for some tape.
Give me a minute.” He says, and leaves to look.

He
comes back empty-handed. “I have an idea.We can use a leather shoe or
boot...what ever ya want to call it...string from one of my combat boots.”

“What
good is that?” I ask.

“Let
me show you…I'll get one…it’ll work okay.”
He takes the leather string and wraps it around the baby’s diapered
hips—two complete wraps and ties it off in a knot. The diaper is secure.

“Ya,
Daddy to the rescue.” I cheer, and kiss him on the cheek.

As I
rock my nursing son, I fondly recall our first kiss. We were parked along side the road in
Louisville’s Cherokee Park not far from my home. It was snowing. Perfect haloes formed around the nearby
street lamps, caused by a reflection off the white feathery flakes that
fluttered towards the ground, a quaint setting for our romantic
rendezvous. Soon I'll be near there
again. While Larry is off spying, little
Brian and I will be safe living with Mom and Dad in the winsome plantation
style home where I grew up.

Suddenly,
my fanciful reverie gets interrupted by a snorting sound. I am alarmed at first then realize it is
coming from the bedroom. Larry is fast-asleep, snoring…I smile. Ah, the life of
a military wife…I have much to ponder.

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